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The Duru languages are a group of Savanna languages spoken in northern Cameroon and eastern Nigeria. They were labeled "G4" in Joseph Greenberg's Adamawa language-family proposal.

Kleinewillinghöfer (2012) also observes many morphological similarities between the Samba-Duru and Central Gur languages.

Languages

  • Duli (extinct)

  • Dii: Duupa, Dugun (Panõ), Dii (Mambe’, Mamna’a, Goom, Boow, Ngbang, Sagzee, Vaazin, Home, Nyok)

  • Peere (Kutin)

  • Longto (Voko)

Vere–Dowayo

Dowayo

However, Guldemann (2018) casts doubt on the coherence of Samba–Duru as a unified group.

Classification

In the Adamawa Languages Project site, Kleinewillinghöfer (2015) classifies the Samba-Duru group as follows (see also Leko languages).

  1. Samba-Duru

Vere (Verre)

  • Jango (Mom Jango)

  • Vere cluster (Momi, Vere Kaadam)

  • Wɔmmu (Wongi, Wɔŋgi)

  • Nissim-Eilim

  • Kobom, Karum (Vere Kari), Danum

  • Vɔmnəm (Koma Vomni)

  • Gəunəm cluster: Yarəm, Lim, Gbaŋrɨm, Baidəm, Zanəm, Ləələm, etc.

  • Damtəm (Koma Damti), etc.

Gəmme (Gimme) (Koma)

  • Gəmnəm (Gəmnime, Gimnime): Beiya, Gindoo; Riitime

  • Gəmme (Kompana, Panme): Yəgme, Dehnime; Baanime

  • Doyayo (Dooya̰a̰yɔ): Markɛ; Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ (of Poli); Tɛ̰ɛ̰rɛ (of the mountains)

Duru

  • Dii cluster

  • Dugun (Paape, Sa)

  • Duupa (Paape)

  • Pɛrɛ (Pere, Kutin): Gaziwaːlɛ, Nɔlti), ˀAːlti; Zɔŋ Pɛrɛ (Potopo)

  • Lɔŋto (Voko, Woko)

Samba (Samba Leeko, Leko)

Names and locations

Below is a list of language names, populations, and locations from Blench (2019).

Footnotes

References